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The Dangerous Ideology of the Tech Elite w/ Émile P. Torres

Tech Won't Save Us

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Introduction

Long termism is a quasi religious world view that says you're ethically excused from caring about the poorest people around the world. People like peter teal and ela musk who have not only talked about being associated with these movements, but have actually funded the kind of academic work that goes into legitimizing them. And as we describe in this episode, that then creates a justification for someone like anila musk to say he needs to be the richest man in the world because he needs to extend the light of consciousness into space.

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